Senior Software Engineer

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.As a Senior Engineer, you serve as a specialist in the engineering team that supports the product. You help develop and gain insight in the application architecture. You can distill an abstract architecture into concrete design and influence the implementation. You show expertise in applying the appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems. You are an expert in programming and apply your skills in developing the product. You have the skills to design and implement the architecture on your own, but choose to influence your fellow engineers by proposing software designs, providing feedback on software designs and/or implementation. You show good problem solving skills and can help the team in triaging operational issues. You leverage your expertise in eliminating repeat occurrences.About this Team:Enterprise Cart & Checkout is a distributed platform that powers the guest experience across all shopping channels like Target.com, our 1900+ strong stores, Shipt and Google Express. These services are highly critical and have direct impact to guest experience, target's revenue and brand.Technologies:Language: Kotlin, groovy, jvm based languageFrameworks: Micronaut, RatpackDatabase: Postgres, CassandraEvent based: KafkaArchitecture Patterns: micro services, multi-tenantAbout you:• 4 year degree or equivalent experience• 5+ years of software development experience, including experience working with Java or Kotlin• Writes and organizes code using multiple computer languages, including distributed programming and understand different frameworks and paradigm• Delivers high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure deliverables with broad impact (high throughput and low latency)• Designs new testing methods and resolves routine and non-routine technical issues with minimal assistance• Demonstrates strong proficiency in core development platforms within own domain• Builds strong commitment within the team to support the appropriate team priorities• Demonstrates a solid understanding of the impact of own work on the team and/or guests• Influences and applies data standards, policies, and procedures• Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed educationThis position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.